• 文献标题:   Graphene-Based Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors for Potentiometrically Sensing Neuropeptide Y in Physiologically Relevant Environments
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ISLAM AE, MARTINEAU R, CRASTO CM, KIM H, RAO RS, MARUYAMA B, KIM SS, DRUMMY LF
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, biosensor, potentiometry, fieldeffect transistor, neuropeptidey, sweat, debye length
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2574-0970
  • 通讯作者地址:   Air Force Res Lab
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsanm.0c00353
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Wearable electronics with real-time biosensing capabilities are very important for future applications in monitoring and augmenting human health and performance. Graphene-based potentiometric sensing offers a route for developing wearable sensors that can selectively sense biomarkers in biofluids such as sweat and saliva. This manuscript studies the sensitivity of potentiometric sensors made with graphene-based electrolyte-gated field-effect transistors (GFETs). Selectivity in the sensor toward a nanoscale biomarker, neuropeptide Y (NPY), was achieved by functionalizing graphene with a peptide-based biorecognition element. The sensors were then characterized extensively by varying concentrations of NPY in a complex medium containing artificial sweat with varying ionic concentrations and pH. This medium, therefore, emulated the response of the sensor to biomarkers in a physiologically relevant condition approaching a real-world scenario. Analysis using Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory for the liquid-solid interface at nanoscale highlighted important features of potentiometric sensing such as log-linear response and charge screening effects in GFET sensors.